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In today's newsletter:

  • Why Bristol neighbors say probing river pollution feels like "pulling teeth"
  • Meet the four men who mapped out early downtown Bristol
  • How a Portsmouth startup's growth is reshaping Bristol's job market

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Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Remaining cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Considerable cloudiness, temps: high: 69, low: 59.
  • Thursday: Nice with clouds and sun, with a high of 74 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bristol Residents Say Years-Long Fight to Investigate Mysterious River Pollution Feels Like 'Pulling Teeth' (envirolink.org) — Bristol residents living near a local river say they've spent years pushing for answers about an oily substance that repeatedly bubbles to the surface, coating the water and killing fish. They describe slow, frustrating responses from authorities and worry about long-term impacts on the river ecosystem and people who live, work, or play nearby.
   

• Bristol's Founding Fathers (eastbayri.com) — Bristol's earliest days come to life in this poetic look at the town's 17th-century founders, street grid, and bustling seaport. It traces how Byfield, Burton, Oliver, and Walley planned the downtown, built docks, and launched a thriving trade that set Bristol's economy on a promising path.
   

• Report sees opportunity where Portsmouth lost growing firm (eastbayri.com) — A fast-growing undersea technology company, Vatn Systems, has shifted its headquarters and manufacturing from Portsmouth to Bristol, where it now occupies and is expanding significant office and industrial space. The move underscores Bristol's role in the region's tight commercial real estate market and its importance in attracting high-paying marine tech and defense jobs to the area.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Bristol Art Museum Explores Presence and Memory in The Company We Keep —Bristol Art Museum Read on Patch
  • Roger Williams University posted a job opening for Lead Catering Cook, f/t - Roger Williams University in Bristol. Apply here.
  • Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate at Walmart in Warwick, Rhode Island in Warwick. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bristol here.

🗞 Nearby News

Barrington

  • Real Estate in RI: Rumstick Road, Barrington with Sellers of Compass, for $2,995,000 (rinewstoday.com)
  • Candidate forum 'double-header' in Barrington is tonight (eastbayri.com)

Portsmouth

Warwick

  • Providence Man Wanted On Larceny, Embezzlement And Fraud Charges Nabbed: Cops (patch.com)
  • Providence Man Charged With Driving On Suspended License: Cops (patch.com)

Ok Bristol! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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